Judge — April 18, 1903 — page 8: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

OLD OMAR AGAIN. "Ye, ND now, to turn out one more rubaiyat, About the thing beribboned, bumped, Zz Lop-sided, round or square, or oe wobbly-shaped— ‘That “perfect poem" called the Easter hat: It is with craft and cunning deftly planned, And decked with wondrous bloom and gay riband, And it must have a head to give it grace, For, like all poems, it is to be scanned. AN. OCCASION, N THE early housekeeping days of a ldtly now prominent in social circles a guest of some dis- tinction arrived, and the modest dinner was hastily supplemented bya neighboring caterer. Three-year-old Mary sat quietly through the opening acts, but when the climax of fancy cakes and ices was reached her eyes widened with delight as she called out in a clear tone, * Whose birfday is this, mother ?” HICKORY DICKORY DOCK. SOYVHERE are you going to-night, my dear?" asks the lady mouse of her husband when she saw him arraying himself with unusual care. “Oh, a few of the boys have invited me out to go on a high old time,” he explains, Yes,” she comments; ‘and one of these nights you will try to run up that grandfather's clock once too often and will find a trap set in it.” ITS GOOD POINT... SUTHAT'S a beaut of a hat,” sarcastically comments the grouchy husband. “It looks ‘like a last-year's bird-nest.” “Does it?” sweetly asks the gentle wife, turning so as to catch the effect of the back trimming in the mirror. * Well, it doesn’t look like a last-year’s hat, anyw: \ BN wens By SY ay, WH Liye Wt, A GENERAL CLEARING. Joet WuirrLerree—" Did Andrew Rakeup clear much on his summer boarders last year?” Cyrus Wettrep—“ Wa-al, one on ‘em cleared out with his wife, an’ Andy sez thet’s jes’ so much clear profit.” THE EASTER GIRL. fue Stanlaws girl and the Christy girl And the Fisher girl are sweet ; Reh I like the toss of their careless hair \ _——— And the poise of their dainty feet. See ith ; N WH WS oi" we \ The age girl, too, is a ‘stunning n ing, And serenely holds her sway— But the little Jones girl is a work of art When she walks on Easter day. The Eady girl and the Gibson girl And the Vohn girl have their friends ; 1 like them all, either black and white, Or in color rich that blends. It’s good to look at the pictured maids In their hats and costumes gay— But the little Jones girl is a work of art When she walks on Easter day. Her cheeks are pink and her eyes are bright, And her bonnet nods at me; Her fluffy lace is a rustling song And a gladsome sight to see. ‘The pictured girls can delight the eye, But again I'll have to say ‘The little Jones girl is a work of art When she walks on Easter day. Ww. D. NRSAIT, A RELIC. se] DECLARE,” said the old- maid boarder, “I never saw such beautiful Easter eggs. The coloring on them must have been done by professional artists.” “The one I just opened,” growled the crusty boarder, «might have been painted by one “THE FIRST VICTIM." of the old masters.” comicbooks.com